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Gentoo Media pens agreement with SkyCity

Gentoo Media has signed a new agreement with SkyCity to provide its compliance and brand protection tool, GiG Comply.

GiG Comply enables SkyCity to monitor its affiliates to ensure that they follow guidelines and regulatory requirements for marketing.

“We are thrilled to add SkyCity to our growing list of partners for GiG [...]

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Gentoo Media appoints chief financial officer

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has appointed Christian Uhrenholt as chief financial officer of its affiliate arm, Gentoo Media.

Uhrenholt will take up the position on 1 August 2024, ahead of the spinoff of Gentoo Media from GiG's sportsbook and platform business.

He will be responsible for building Gentoo’s finance team and supporting [...]

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FansUnite Entertainment

GeoComply acquires stake in FansUnite’s reactivation business

Shares in Toronto-listed FansUnite Entertainment gained over 22 per cent on Thursday as the company announced a US$37.5 million deal to sell its US betting and gaming affiliate business.

The agreement will see FansUnite dispose of its last operating business, FansUS, following the sale of the source code to its Chameleon [...]

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Gaming Innovation Group

SkyCity sells stake in Gaming Innovation Group

New Zealand’s SkyCity Entertainment Group has sold its remaining 10 per cent stake in Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) for net proceeds of NZ$55 million.

SkyCity acquired its shareholding in GiG in April 2022 for €25 million (approximately NZ$40 million at the time), with the shareholding now deemed to be non-core to [...]

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GiG Media rebrands as Gentoo Media ahead of spin-off

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has rebranded its GiG Media business ahead of its planned spin-off later this year.

GiG Media will now be known as Gentoo Media, becoming its own independent brand as a step towards the planned legal split from GiG’s platform and sportsbook business in the second half of [...]

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Gaming Innovation Group

GiG to enhance SEO and content services with Titan acquisition

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has entered into an agreement to acquire SEO and content services provider Titan.

GiG said the acquisition will significantly enhance its operational efficiency and market position, helping to reduce GiG Media's SEO and content costs by up to 50 per cent.

Titan’s expertise is also expected to enhance [...]

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Spain

Spanish online gambling revenue surpasses €350 million in Q1 2024

Spain’s online gambling revenue rose to a quarterly record of €350.7 million in the first quarter of 2024, as the country’s online sports betting delivered a strong performance.

Online sports betting increased by 15 per cent to a new quarterly high of €150.3 million, marking the sixth consecutive quarter with revenue [...]

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Gaming Innovation Group agrees Casinomeister acquisition

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) is looking to bolster its online gaming affiliate business with the acquisition of Casinomeister.

GiG will pay €3 million to acquire the assets of Casinomeister, the online gaming affiliate website established by founder Bryan Baily in 1998.

The acquisition is expected to make an immediate positive financial contribution [...]

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Catena Media

Catena Media appoints industry newcomer as VP of product

Catena Media has appointed Jasleen Kals as its new VP of product, with the newly created role expanding the affiliate's core executive team.

Kals joins Catena Media after serving two years at SYNQ, a business data platform provider which she co-founded.

Before her time at SYNQ, Kals spent just over a year [...]

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Acroud

Acroud returns to profit in Q1 after sale of poker assets

Stockholm-listed iGaming affiliate Acroud has posted a 2 per cent increase in revenue to €9.5 million for the first quarter of 2024, despite new depositing customers (NDCs) declining by 51 per cent.

Revenue from the company’s iGaming Affiliation business fell by 4 per cent to €5.8 million and accounted for 61 [...]

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Better Collective

Better Collective shares slump as Q1 profit falls 64%

Betting and gaming affiliate Better Collective has reported an 8 per cent increase in revenue to €95.0 million for the first quarter of 2024, after delivering more than 450,000 new depositing customers (NDCs) during the period.

Revenue from the company’s Publishing business rose 12 per cent year-on-year to €66.3 million, despite [...]

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Brazil

FairPlay Sports Media launches oddschecker brand in Brazil

FairPlay Sports Media has launched a localised version of its comparison brand oddschecker in Brazil.

This move follows the company's success in other Latin American regions such as Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru.

Sports bettors can now access localised, real-time odds grids at oddschecker with market-specific APIs for a seamless user experience.

The [...]

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